Foot construction for sleeping garments



May l5, 1951 w. B. MARTIN FOOT CONSTRUCTION FOR SLEEPING GARMENTS Filed Feb. 11, 1950 f@ INV TOR.

Patented May 15, `1951 FOOT CONSTRUCTION FOR SLEEPING GARMEN TS Walter B. Martin, Manheim, Pa., assigner to Wm.

H. Noggle `t Sons, Inc., Manheim, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application February 11, 1950, Serial No. 143,773

This invention relates to sleeping garments and more particularly to the foot of a childs sleeping garment or the like.

The instant invention embodies a special foot assembly construction to assure comfort and protection to the wearer. The foot assembly is fabricated with a seamless sole which conforms to an infants foot, thus guarding against possible irritation, cramping or deforming, and making it easier for the child to walk comfortably. The foot assembly is a distinct unit connected to the garment leg so that pulls and strains on the garment are largely isolated from the foot structure. It is sturdier than the the remainder of the garment, is inherently shape retaining and embodies seams which are so arranged that they do not interfere with the childs walking. The foot assembly is further easily fabricated, involving only a few steps in the construction thereof, and makes possible an inexpensive method of manufacture.

The invention will be further understood from the following descrpition and drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view, partly broken away, of a sleeping garment showing the foot assembly secured to each leg.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged side View of the attached foot assembly and showing the garment leg fragmentarily and in broken lines.

Fig, 3 is a top plan View of the foot assembly detached from the garment leg.

Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of the foot assembly showing in particular the seams along the front and sole of the assembly.

Fig. 5 illustrates a partially assembled garment foot showing the sections thereof prior to final assembly.

Fig. 6` is a cross-sectional view of the garment foot taken along the lines 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Fig. '1 is a cross-sectional view of the garment leg secured to the foot assembly taken along lines 1-1 of Fig. 2, and showing in particular the stitching used in securing the sole to the upper portion of the foot assembly and the latter to the bottom of the garment leg.

The instant invention is illustrated in Fig. 1 wherein a garment body II is disclosed as including two legs I2 and I3. The garment body I I is constructed out of a soft fabric and is joined at seams I4, I5 and I5. The seams I4 and I5 run longitudinally of the garment and legs and are connected respectively to an end of the seam I6. The garment body II is shown in Fig. l as being broken away to illustrate its back I1 as well as its front I8.

Seamed to each leg is a sectional foot assembly I 9 which is sewn to the bottom of each leg by an annular or endless seam 20 running about the upper end of the foot assembly and largely isolating the foot assembly from strains produced in the garment body.

The sectional foot assembly I9 may be fabricated from the same or similar material as the garment I I, it being preferable that a soft fabric be selected which will not irritate a childs tender skin. A double ply cloth construction is used in forming the foot assembly I9 in order to afford adequate protection to the childs foot and provide a sturdy and well-made construction. The foot assembly I9 consists of four sections 22, 23, 24 and 25 which are cut in different shapes and sewed together to form the assembly.

Section 22 constitutes the frontal portion of the foot assembly and has a pair of side edges defined by seams 26 and 21 which diverge from an upper straight edge 28 to a curved bottom edge 29. Seam 26 similarly secures an adjacent side edge 'of the elongated section 23. Section 23 includes a pair of parallel edges 3| and 32 which comprise portions of the top and bottom edges of the foot assembly, the edge 3| terminating in the annular seam 2U, and the edge 32 terminating in a lower endless seam 33 which is disposed in a plane parallel to the plane of annular seam 20 when the foot structure is assembled as illustrated in Fig. 2. Seam 21 of section 22 connects section 22 to an adjacent diagonal edge of section 25. In assembling the foot structure, straight edge 35 of section 25 is sewn to straight edge 36 of section 23 to form seam 31, such operation rendering sections 22, 23 and 25 in arcuate form. Accordingly, sole 24 may be joined to the three sections above mentioned by means of the endless seam 33. By this construction, it will be observed that sole 24 has no intermediate seams, is flat, and is joined to the three remaining sections of the foot assembly by a peripheral seam, viz., seam 33. As a result, the sole 24 embodies no seam of stitching to irritate the childs foot and is further of particular advantage in maintaining the desired shape of the foot assembly.

Vertical seam 31 is in longitudinal alignment with seam I5 of the garment leg, the corresponding vertical seam of the other foot assembly being in corresponding longitudinal alignment with the seam I4. These last mentioned seams are disposed at the inner portions of the foot assembly and garment legs as illustrated in Fig. 1. In constructing the garment, it is possible and feasible to form the seams I5 and 31 simulstrength for the footl assembly construction and minimize the risk of seam rupture.

In fabricating the garment, the diagonal edge of section 23 may be sewn to the frontal section 22, the other side of section 22 being sewn toside section 25 as illustrated in Fig. 5. Sole section 24 is first connected to section 23 and thereafter edges 35 and 3E may be connected to form seam 31 at the same time that seam I5 is produced in the garment body. remaining edges of the sole 24 may be connected adjacent edges of sections 22, 23 and 25 in order to form endless seam 33I and complete the foot assembly; VIn this manner, the sewing of the foot assembly to the garment is rapidly accomplished. The vertical seams of the foot assembly, namely seams 26, 21 and 31 connect the annular seam 20 tothe parallel endless seam 33' thus forming' asturdy and well sewn assembly which is a distinct' unit in relation tol the remainder of the garment. It will be `observed that the body seams I4' and I5` connect to the annular seam 20 at the same point as do theY foot vassembly side seams il'lY so' as to enhance the strength and sturdiness of thecompositestructure.

It has been found that the foot assembly, with particularl regard to the seamless sole, provides a high degree of comfort and wear. The foot structure further conforms to the shape of 'an infants foot so to guard against deformation andacilitate Walking'. Furthermore, the con- At thisf time, thel struction outlined herein has been found to result in improved laundering inasmuch as the garment is less likely to become distorted than are garments for-med with the special features hereinabove set forth.

What is claimed is:

In a sleeping garment or the like, the subcombination of a foot assembly therefor, said foot assembly comprising a plurality of sections secured together and including a frontal section havingY a pair of side edges diverging from the top to the bottom thereof, an elongated quadrangular section having one side edge secured to one of the Adiverging side edges 0f the frontal section and forming one side, back and part of the other side of the foot assembly, a third section having one ofv its side edges secured to the remaining diverging side edge of the frontal section, said third section forming the remaining part of said other side of the foot assembly and having av second side edge secured'to'theelongated section, and a bottom section forming they bottom or side portion of the foot assembly and having secured to its peripheralv edge the frontal, elongated and third sections.

WALTER B. MARTIN.'

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